A Prescription for SMART Growth for Small to Mid-Size Businesses
- Author: Jack Spain
- Cover Design: Chris Duke
- Editor: Chris Duke
- Publisher: SchoolDude
- Publication Date: January 2013
- Available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle format.
There are several fundamental characteristics of businesses that have been successful in transitioning from a start-up phase into a successful mid-size business. A Prescription for SMART Growth for Small to Mid-Size Business illustrates the specific actions required to efficiently and effectively scale a start-up business. The foundation of this model is leading a business that is:
- Strategy-based,
- Market-based,
- Alignment-based,
- ROI-based, and
- Technology-based
This model also incorporates fifteen additional building blocks that require appropriate emphasis at the right time to grow a business successfully. The book also identifies ten potential impediments that can potentially derail your growth trajectory while building a business. SMART Growth presents small to mid-size business leaders with hundreds of questions, reflections, and specific action items to position the leaders firmly in control of their destiny and prepare them to pursue their dreams, however tactical or far-reaching they may be.